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decoupling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [diːˈkʌpəlɪŋ] (UK)
  • [diːˈkʊpəlɪŋɡ] (UK)

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process by which something is decoupled. ▸ The unhitching of railcars.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process by which something is decoupled. ▸ The disentangling of economic interdependencies.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The emission of photons during Recombination.
    • Directly combining in a low energy state (ground state) is less efficient, so these hydrogen atoms generally form with the electrons still in a high-energy state, and once combined, the electrons quickly release energy in the form of one or more photons as they transition to a low energy state. This release of photons is known as photon decoupling. 2023 July 13, Wikipedia contributors, “Chronology of the universe”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

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derisking

decoupling en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [diːˈkʌpəlɪŋ] (UK)
  • [diːˈkʊpəlɪŋɡ] (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of decouple
    form of decouple